FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

S.Y. 2023-2024
ENGLISH 9

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I. Reading: Read each of the selections and questions that follow. Choose the letter of the
correct answer from the given choices.

The sky was crimson and tree- scattered fields stretching out into the distance were
like a red sea. Golden grains dropped heavily, ready for gathering. They were artistically
colored by the sunlight that flooded the sky. A flock of chirping birds were flying into roost.
Along the palay- scented path, a man carrying a plow and leading the carabao walked
homeward at peace with the world. A church bell ringing from afar found its way to him. He
took off his hat and bowed.

1. What time of day is it?

a. dawn b. twilight c. noontime d. siesta time
2. What season of the year is it?
a. plow time b. planting season c. harvest time d. fiesta time
3. Where is the scenery most likely to be found?
a. in a metropolis b. in an urban area
c. in a semi-urban area d. in a rural area
4. What does sentence 4 imply?
a. that the birds are going to rest for the night
b. that the birds will look for food
c. that the birds will hatch their eggs
d. that the birds are going to fly away
5. Who is referred to in sentence 5?
a. a laborer b. a harvester c. a farmer d. a butcher
6. How does man feel in Sentence 5?
a. hopeful b. optimistic c. happy d. contented

For too many years, contamination and pollution has been allowed to happen.
People have littered their surroundings. Factories have let their smoke rise into the air,
coloring and obscuring vision. Rivers have been made receptacles of all kinds of waste
which have killed aquatic plants and animals.
 7. All kinds of pollution are mentioned in the passage except ___.
a. soil b. noise c. water d. air
8. Our waterways have become polluted because of ____
a. overcrowding in the metropolis b. reclamation projects of the government
c. improper garbage disposal d. lack of anti-pollution device in factories

Our earth is only a speck in the universe but it is a very special part. For our earth is largely
made up of forms of matter that are rare in the universe. The universe has stars as hot as 35, 000,000
˚F. It has empty spaces as cold as 459.6˚F. But our earth has just the right temperature for the rare and
delicate forms of matter such as the plants and animals. It is the most important to man, of course,
who can look at the world around him- from the tiniest living things in a drop of water to the vastness
of the universe… and marvel at its wonders.

9. What is the paragraph mainly about?

a. how man looks upon the earth and the vastness of the universe
b. why there is life on earth unlike in the other parts of the universe
c. how the earth differs from other parts of the universe
d. why the earth is important in spite of its small size
10. Which is a good title for the selection?
a. Life on Earth b. Earth- A Unique Planet
c. Our Home Planet d. Beautiful Earth
Direction: Match the title of the selection in column A with its author in column B. Write on the line the
letter of the correct answer.
Column A Column B
_____ 11. How do I love Thee A. Alice Gerstenberg
_____ 12. The Pardoner’s Tale B. Arnold Bennett
_____ 13. The World Is Too Much To Us C. William Shakespeare
_____ 14. A Haunted House D. Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo
_____ 15. Boarded Windows E. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
_____ 16. Sa Pula, Sa Puti F. Elizabeth Barret Browning
_____ 17. Macbeth G. William Wordsworth
_____ 18. The Stepmother H. R.M. Lumiansky (Translator)
_____ 19. Wanted: A Chaperon I. Virginia Woolf
_____ 20. Fourteen J. Ambrose Bierce
K. Geoffrey Chaucer
Speaking: Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.
21. Which of the following words is stressed in the second syllable?
a. adventure b. comfortable c. intimacy d. antecedent
22. Guided by the stress indicated, which of the following utterances expresses a question that asks if it
is really a TV commercial not radio.
a. This is a TV commercial?
b. This is a TV commercial?
c. This is a TV commercial?
d. This is a TV commercial?
23. Which of the following sentences uses the word record as a noun.
a. The teachers record their students’ scores
b. The record shows that he is often absent
c. The bookkeeper’s job is to record the accounts or transactions of a business.
d. They record some evidences of the crime.
24. Which of the following words has a diphthong?
a. boil b. ban c. birth d. beast
25. The following words contain [ɵ] or soft th except _______
a. thin b. these c. thaw d. theme

Identify the multimedia resources to use in the following statements.

microphone slide presentation

bar graph pictures
newspaper smart art on cycles

_______________________ 26. different ethnic groups in the Philippines

_______________________ 27. photo essay of your community service
_______________________ 28. news about national issues
_______________________ 29. population of Filipinos for the last 10 years
_______________________ 30. life cycle of a butterfly
DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence carefully and encircle the verbal phrase. Then determine whether it
is gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, or participial phrase. Write A if it is a gerund phrase, B if it is an
infinitive phrase, and C if it is a participial phrase.
_____ 31-32. The two women saw the broken birdcage in the room.
_____ 33-34. Arbie and Kennard agreed to stroll in the mall so they could relax for a while.
_____ 35-36. The students went home to get their diorama for submission to their teacher.
_____ 37-38. The audience enjoyed watching musical play last night.
_____ 39-40. Loving and caring her mother is something Anastacia untiringly does.
Directions: Identify whether the verb in each sentence is ACTIVE or PASSIVE. Write your answers
on the blanks.
____________41. I paid the man thirty- five hundred dollars down on the house.
____________42. Mama trusts Walter.
____________43. The company made a huge profit.
____________44. Suicide was committed.
____________45. We weren’t brought up to grub for money.
Directions: Read each situation carefully and write the answer specified in the parenthesis.
46. You want to see a movie tonight.
(Ask permission from your mother.)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
47. Your sister wants to use your new bag.
(Refuse permission)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
48. Your teacher is borrowing your English book.
(Grant permission)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
49. Your classmate asks if he can beside you,
(Grant permission)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

50. You ask from your teacher that you will leave the room for a while.
(Ask permission)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Encircle the appropriate modal to complete each of the sentences below.
51. ________ you speak any foreign language?
a. May b. Can c. Have
52. Where’s Nick? He ________ be in his office.
a. will b. should c. might
53. Take an umbrella. It ______ rain later.
a. has to b. must c. might
54. You look tired. You _______ go to bed.
a. should b. are to c. will
55. ______ it be true?
a. Must b. May c. Can
56. You _________ smoke so much. It’s bad to your health.
a. can’t b. shouldn’t c. won’t
57. I _______ believe that you failed your test!
a. can’t b. shouldn’t c. may not
58. You have such a beautiful voice! You ______ sing for us!
a. should b. can c. might
59. Jane was so tired. She ______ have worked days and nights.
a. should b. must c. need
60. When I was young, I ________ drink milk before bedtime.
a. would b. must c. could
Directions: Read each sentence carefully and underline the word or group of words that express
obligation.
61. The people in the community are required to attend the meeting called by the barangay chairman.
62. We must help the President in combatting illegal drugs in the country.
63. The job applicants need to accomplish the form correctly.
64. For the students to pass all their subjects, they have to attend classes regularly.
65. Parents are obliged to give the best education to their children.
Directions: Change sentences to indirect speech.
66. The lady orders, “Look for my black pen inside the drawer.”
_________________________________________________________________________________
67. The Science teacher stated, “The earth revolves around the sun for 365.26 days or one year.”
_________________________________________________________________________________
68. The parents said, “We have to monitor the websites our children visit to avoid problems in the
future.
_________________________________________________________________________________
69. The young boy said, “I want to eat spaghetti and fried chicken if we will go to the mall tomorrow.”
__________________________________________________________________________________
70. Charles said, “I am playing computer games at home.”
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Literature
Directions: Encircle the letter of the interpretation that most faithfully expresses the meaning of the first
statement.
71. From the cradle to the grave is but a day.
a. The baby died one day after it was born.
b. The distance between the cradle and the grave is only one day’s walk
c. Life is short

72. Before the sun rises, you see the glimmer of its rays.
a. Dawn comes before sunshine
b. Our future is foreshadowed by our present inclinations
c. If you see a chance, take it so that you will be successful.
73. The silence is deafening.
a. Silence can cause deafness.
b. The deaf can’t hear anything.
c. The silence is so deep that nothing can’t be heard.
74. “Love’s not Time’s fool”
a. A The passage of time does not make love fade.
b. Time cannot fool love.
c. The passage of time does not make love seem foolish.
75. “We are not sure of sorrow, and joy was never sure”
a. Life is full of joy and sorrow.
b. Joy and sorrow don’t last.
c. There is nothing certain in life.
Directions: Below are statements to be completed and questions to be answered. Read them carefully
and encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.
76. What a place! Cockroaches everywhere, cobwebs and dust thick enough to plant potatoes in!”
The tone expressed is ______.
a. bitterness b. disgust c. pride d. admiration
77. “Why should we live with such a hurry and waste life? We are determined to be starved before
we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they make stitches today to save
nine tomorrow.” The writer’s attitude toward his subject is ________.
 a. apologetic b. sarcastic c. mocking d. bitter
78. Furiously I slam crimson
With a loud- sounding whack!
Whirling lines and crooked arrows
Jagged scarlet flames
With orange, purple, black
The passage has what kind of mood/ atmosphere?
a. Horror b. scorn or anger c. somberness or gloom d. exultation
79. “My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered shoot…” this line is an example of
________
a. metaphor b. simile c. personification d. oxymoron
80. Oh Death! Where is thy sting! What figure of speech is used in the given line?
a. hyperbole b. irony c. apostrophe d. metonymy
 Answer Key
1. B 69. The young boy said that he wanted to eat spaghetti and fried chicken if we will
2. C go to the mall tomorrow.
3. D
4. A 70. Charles said that he was playing computer games at home.
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. C 71. C
9. A 72. B
10. A 73. C
11. F 74. A
12. K 75. C
13. G 76. B
14. I 77. B
15. J 78. B
16. D 79. B
17. C 80. C
18. B
19. E
20. A
21. A
22. D
23. B
24. D
25. B
26. Pictures
27. Slide presentation
28. Newspaper
29. Bar graph
30. Smart art on cycles
31-32. saw the broken birdcage
33-34. to stroll in the mall
35-36. to get their diorama
37-38. watching musical play
39-40. loving and caring her mother
41. Active
42. Passive
43. Active
44. Passive
45. Active
51. B
52. B
53. C
54. A
55. C
56. B
57. A
58. A
59. B
60. A
61. Required to attend the meeting
62. Must help the president
63. Need to accomplish
64. Have to attend
65. Obliged to give the best education
66. The lady ordered to look for your black pen inside the drawer.
67. The Science stated that the earth revolved around the sun for 365.26 days or one year.
68. The parents said that they had to monitor the websites our children visit to avoid problems in the
future.